FACT CHECK: Another Republican TV Station LOSES IN COURT Over LIE That "TRUMP WON" 2020 Election

FACT CHECK: Another Republican TV Station LOSES IN COURT Over LIE That "TRUMP WON" 2020 Election

⚖️ Accountability Is Finally Catching Up With Trump’s Big Lie 🚨

Welcome back to the Josh Lafazan Show. Today we’re talking about accountability — and how the walls are finally closing in on Donald Trump’s Big Lie.

Another conservative news outlet has been forced to pay the price for spreading false claims about the 2020 election. Newsmax just agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems for defamation, after repeatedly telling viewers that Trump actually beat Joe Biden and that the election was “stolen.” That wasn’t true. It was never true. And now, just like Fox News before them, Newsmax is paying for lying to the American people.

📺 What Newsmax Did
After Trump lost in 2020, Newsmax saw an opening. They wanted to capture viewers who thought Fox News wasn’t loyal enough to Trump. So they leaned hard into the lie.

They claimed Dominion voting machines flipped votes.

They gave airtime to conspiracy theorists pushing stories about dead voters, hacked systems, and stuffed ballot boxes.

They knew it was false. Internal emails show their own hosts admitted there was no evidence.

But they doubled down anyway, because fear and anger were good for ratings. That reckless choice just cost them $67 million.

❌ Why Trump’s Claims Were Absurd
The facts of the 2020 election were never in doubt:

Joe Biden won over 81 million votes — the most in U.S. history.

Trump lost by more than 7 million votes nationwide.

Biden won the Electoral College, 306 to 232.

Every battleground state confirmed the results. Recounts and audits reaffirmed them. Trump’s team filed more than 60 lawsuits — and lost almost all of them. Even Trump’s own Attorney General, Bill Barr, admitted there was no widespread fraud.

The truth is simple: Donald Trump lost.

⚖️ How Trump Tried to Steal It Anyway
Trump didn’t just lie — he tried to overturn the election:

He pressured Georgia’s secretary of state to “find 11,780 votes.”

He pushed GOP legislatures to submit fake electors.

He leaned on Mike Pence to reject certified results on January 6.

And when that failed, he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol.

This wasn’t voter fraud. It was an attempted coup against American democracy.

💰 Accountability Is Coming
Newsmax now owes $67 million. Fox News already paid $767 million. And others have faced consequences too:

Rudy Giuliani is drowning in lawsuits and declared bankruptcy.

Sidney Powell admitted her wild claims weren’t based in fact.

Dozens of January 6 rioters have been convicted and jailed.

Fake electors face criminal charges in multiple states.

Piece by piece, the Big Lie is collapsing under the weight of accountability.

🛑 Why Republicans Must Stop
And yet, Trump keeps repeating the lie. Republican leaders keep enabling it. Conservative media keeps feeding it to their audiences. But every time these lies are tested in court, they fail. Every time they’re repeated publicly, someone pays a fine or goes to prison.

At some point, Republicans need to admit what the rest of America already knows: the 2020 election wasn’t stolen. The Big Lie was.

🎯 The Takeaway

Newsmax lied — now they’re paying $67 million.

Fox News lied — they paid $767 million.

Trump lost the election — both the popular vote and the Electoral College.

Courts, election officials, and even Trump’s own DOJ confirmed Biden’s win.

Trump still tried to overturn it — through pressure campaigns, fake electors, and January 6.

And one by one, the liars are facing consequences.

The Big Lie has cost this country lives, trust, and billions of dollars. It’s time to stop pretending. Donald Trump lost in 2020. Period.

📢 Call to Action
Newsmax paying $67 million isn’t just a fine — it’s a warning. The truth will always catch up. Lies crumble in courtrooms, and accountability is finally here.

If you believe in democracy… if you believe truth matters more than partisan lies… then it’s time to speak up.

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Because at the end of the day, you can’t lie your way into winning elections. And no amount of money will ever make Trump’s Big Lie true.